Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > What I don't understand is that with true strict overcommit, the kernel > should never need to kill your process since there is always in > principle enough room. Indeed. Are you *sure* you have overcommit turned off? That should disable the OOM killer altogether. You should probably go read the kernel documentation rather than assume Postgres' documentation knows what it's talking about ;-) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq